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International News can be found on the NZ Paintball Message Board. Woman injured in paintball gun bar stunt 01 Mar 2005 A Motueka woman shot 78 times at close range with a paintball gun in a bar competition suffered a suspected broken hand, severe bruising and large welts. Lizzie Himiona, 22, was still feeling dazed and in pain on Saturday afternoon after taking part in the Fear Factor paintball challenge the previous night at Nelson's Taylors Bar and Night Club. Police investigating the incident have spoken to bar staff and viewed security camera footage of the incident, but said they were still deciding whether to lay charges. Miss Himiona, who came third in the competition, was taken by St John Ambulance to Nelson Hospital a short time after the incident and treated for a hand injury, skin loss and serious bruising and swelling. A dancer at Visions Revue Bar who will be unable to work for several weeks, Miss Himiona said she had already been drinking when she entered Taylors Bar just after 10pm on Friday. She said she was approached by bar staff shortly after arriving and invited to take part in the Fear Factor competition. She agreed and was asked to sign a waiver of legal responsibility. Miss Himiona said she took part in two initial challenges , and was was then given a helmet with a visor and an army style jacket to wear before stepping on to a stage. She said two bar employees began firing at her torso and arms with paintball guns, from three or four metres away. "I actually went into shock as soon as the first three hit me and I just couldn't move. "I just can't remember much after that they were coming really fast. All I know is they stopped firing and they said `78 hits'." Miss Himiona said the crowd seemed impressed by her efforts until she removed her jacket to reveal large welts on her torso and arms and a rapidly swelling wrist. A woman applied ice to her injuries while the next competitors took the stage. AdvertisementAdvertisementShe left the bar just before midnight and returned to Visions where a worried staff member alerted police and called for an ambulance. "They were shocked. I was bawling my eyes out because of the pain. The police were saying that it shouldn't have happened." Miss Himiona accepted some responsibility for taking part in the competition, but was angry someone could receive such severe injuries from a Friday night bar stunt. Taylors Bar management did not respond to requests from the Nelson Mail for comment. Update: (Posted by Tockly) Have recieved info from a police source here in Nelson. He said the following: The bar had a video camera as all bars do! after the shooting she was waving her arms and happy as a bird in a tree! The staff were shooting from 7m she was wearing protection! No others were injured in the event. So they are 100% sure the paintball gun did not do this. So media or video who lies ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!not video. As she was a stripper she had marks from the paintball gun. on her and was meant to work that night so the owner of stripe club was @#%$ off so she got roughed up buy the strip club, that is were the wrist damage etc came from! so guys don,t stress about this the media always stretches it out you should all know that. if i here more will let you know! Link to Related Forum Topic Hawkes Bay Triples 2005 06 Feb 2005 Results and writeup now available in the Articles section. Invercargill Big Game 2005 06 Feb 2005 Full writeup and images now available in the Articles section. NZPPA Special General Meeting Called 01 Feb 2005 Posted by Martin Dannefaerd. As you are all by now aware there have been several resignations from the NZPPA Executive Committee in the past 48 hours. These include Rob, Wayne, Skinny, Ryan, Grant and myself for a variety of reasons. Under the registered association rules a quorum of 5 members is required to hold any official meeting, appoint any new member to the executive (into one of the 6 casual vacancies) or make any decisions. Effectively the NZPPA Executive can not do anything at this point in time with the remaining two people in place. With this in mind a special general meeting is being called for the following purposes: This special general meeting will be held at the Easter Weekend tournament in Wellington - as this is the next major gathering of paintball participants. The exact time/day will be confirmed over the next couple of days once a suitable time can be discussed with the team at TAG Paintball. All paintballers (players/field ops/members/non-members/importers/etc) are strongly advised and requested to attend and discuss the issues at hand. In view of the disparate views of what the association is here to achieve we are also polling ALL PAINTBALLERS to think about what it is that the association should be there for, the top 5 goals that the association should be working on, the pros/cons of the association and some of the positive/negative things that the association have done in the past. This is a blue-sky thing … and all emails should be structured in a logical manner and emailed to info@paintball.org.nz as soon as possible. This is the last chance … and an opportunity for people to come together with a common goal. If people choose not to attend – then so bit it, but it will probably illustrate clearly the future for the NZPPA and more importantly paintball in New Zealand. An email outlining the above will also be sent out to all NZPPA members in the next 24 hours. If you are planning on attending the special general meeting it would be fantastic that when you email your feedback in you also confirm in the note. Forum Discussion Topic NZPPA Mass Resignations 25 Jan 2005 For the most part citing unwillingness to work in the face of constant negative opinion voiced by a vocal minority, 7 out of the 8 NZPPA committee members have resigned, leaving the NZPPA leadership in disarray. Forum Discussion Topic Team Kiwi Return from Kuala Lumpur 15 Dec 2004 Team Kiwi returned from the Nation Cup event in KL, placing 5th overall. More news to follow. Discussion Topic Paintballer of the Year Award 2004 06 Dec 2004 This award, voted by the NZPB Online community via the forums over a two week period, has been won by Peter Mumby. Peter, one of the people responsible for the Rotorua and Hamilton Stadium range of tournaments over the last few years definitely deserved the win. The award includes a certificate, and a Neotech ProGear paintball harness. Discussion Topic Michael Earley on TV Sports Show 17 Nov 2004 Michael Earley, a well known NZ paintballer, was on TV2 tonight on Hyundai Sports Café, primarily to speak about the upcoming Malaysian tournament he is attending. The show appears to have been met with wide approval from the NZ Paintball Community. http://www.sportscafe.co.nz/ Discussion Topic NZ Team Attending Malaysian Tournament 14 Nov 2004 New Zealand based paintball team "Team Kiwi" would like to announce its attendance at the 2004 Nations Cup hosted at Xtion paintball in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this Decemeber. This is the first time a team has represented New Zealand at an Asian paintball tournament and according to some members of the team "will not be the last". Full News Article Roto 2004 last Roto stadium event? 31 Oct 2004 Event co-organiser Peter Mumby has stated that Roto 2004 was the last time he and Brendon Charles would be hosting the event. Roto 2004 was the fourth in the Rotorua International Stadium series. He also stated that he and Brendon would not be running a follow up to 2004's Hamilton event either. This has apparently been decided in no small part due to negative reaction from what is widely considered to be a vocal minority of paintballers. Rotorua Writeup 25 Oct 2004 The Rotorua 2004 event writeup is now available in the Articles section of the website. E2 Drink Advert shows Paintball 20 Sep 2004 "It is with some excitement we watched the latest TV ad for E2 screening on TV2. Three young ladies armed with Spyder Xtra PB markers shooting at something. That something turned out to be a guy in a white t-shirt ... WITHOUT a safety mask!" Forum Topic PB Hooligans Strike in Taupo Region 20 Sep 2004 John Doolan was riding his racing bike with two friends, practicing for the Round The Lake Challenge in Taupo when someone in a passing car fired a pellet from a paintball gun at his head. "It wasn't bloody pleasant, I can tell you. I can't understand why anyone would do such a thing." The police are investigating Sunday's incident. Forum Topic Invercargill 3-man Results 02 Sep 2004 The results of the Invercargill 3 man event held at the end of August are now available, along with a team perspective writeup from Brian "B2" Thornley. Check out the Articles section. TAG Wargames 24hr Game Writeup 02 Sep 2004 Check out the RecZone for information about the latest 24hr game that was played in Palmerston North at the end of August. Saints Breakup? 14 Aug 2004 Team Saints, 13yr veterans of NZ Paintball, are at a stage where they are considering breaking up the team and moving on. Team captain, Rik Goldsworth, has said that this is due to a number of reasons. First among these is a shortage of players, coupled with a player base that is spread around the country. Rik also says that he would rather the team went out on a high note than try to drag on, dropping lower and lower in tournament standings until it peters out. Team Saints will almost certainly be attending Rotorua this year as what could be their last tournament. The individual players will not leave the sport. More news as it arrives. New Recball Zone 09 Aug 2004 NZPB online has developed a Recball Exclusive section called RECZONE. This can be found at: http://www.paintball.co.nz/reczone QBW Tournament 2004 Results 06 June 2004 The 2004 Auckland Queens Birthday Tournament, known as the Superball 2004 Event, was won by Evil Factory, a fairly recently put together team from Wellington. Saints came a very close second place, followed by Raiderz. Full writeup and images available soon. New paintball computer game 21 May 2004 International Paintball Extreme has just been released. This new paintball game is a Realtime Strategy. You can design your team and lead them around the world, countering your opposition moves as they make them. http://www.paintball.co.nz/ipb/ Paintball on TV again 21 May 2004 TV's "SPORTZAH!" show played a 3 minute segment about the Wellington X-Cess tournament. In all, it was a good clip about tournament paintball that managed to show mainly good things about the sport. Interviewed were Chris and Simon from Raiderz, and Rob Blitz, one of the organisers of the event. The fact that the clip was played right at the end of the SPORTZAH show tells us that we're still a fringe sport, but this was one of those times where you could actually watch a bit of 'ball on TV without cringing. Team Raiderz take the Plate in Aussie Event 04 May 2004 New Zealand team Raiderz have won the Plate competition at the Rockhampton event in Australia. Rockhampton is approximately 7 hours travel north of Brisbane, Australia. Wellington X-Cess Results 15 Apr 2004 The 2004 Wellington "X-Cess" event finished, with the American Team "Evil Factory" in the lead. Writeup and Results can be found in the Articles Section. Saints Return from Huntington 25 Mar 2004 NZ Team Saints return from Huntington beach. They did not place in their pool, and left after a disappointing but educational event. Interview with Saints Captain Rik can be found in the Articles Section. New Community Content System 19 Mar 2004 The Community Content 'Content Management System' went live on 19 March, and is now available for browsing and use. It can be accessed from the Articles and Resources pages, or by visiting This Link NZ Team Saints playing at Huntington (USA) 10 Mar 2004 New Zealand team Saints are scheduled to play in the March 19 - 21 NPPL Super 7 Huntington Beach event in the USA. This event, one of the key US events of the year, will host 135 tournament paintball teams. The Saints are in the Division 2 pool, alongside teams such as ACI Splat Factory, Amp’d, and Yard Dogs. Go Saints! Aussie Import Law Relaxes 05 Mar 2004 Very soon, it seems that New Zealand players will be able to take their paintball markers into Australia again due to the relaxation of the very strict import laws that they have had over there. Australian import laws have historically prevented pretty much all paintball marker technology from being taken into Australia, and is one of the reasons for the collapse of the APPL over there. Now that overseas players can bring their own gear, it is possible that Australia will start seeing a resurgence in the growth of paintball as a serious competitive sport. Palmerston PB Field Flood 25 Feb 2004  Sure enough, at least one paintball field got caught up in the bad weather experienced in the bottom part of the North Island earlier in Feb. Platoon Paintball in Palmerston North, operated by Phil Jurgens, has had to temporarily close up due to the flooding. Hopefully Phil will be able to open his field again soon, and with luck the damage isn't going to be excessive. (Image Provided by Matt Grant of TAG Wellington) Update: The field has since re-opened for business. Invercargill Big Game 2004 24 Feb 2004 The Invercargill Big Game, a recball event, was run over the weekend of 21 & 22 Feb, and the subsequent article and images are now available in the Articles section of the website. Hawkes Bay Triples 09 Feb 2004 The Hawkes Bay Triples were completed over the long Waitangi Weekend, and the subsequent article and images are now available in the Articles section of the website. Wellington Easter Event back in the NZPPA Series 26 Jan 2004 The organisers of the Easter event in Wellington, after some discussion with the NZPPA, have changed the format of the event to be more in line with the original proposal, and subsequently the NZPPA committee have agreed to re-sanction them, and re-include the event as part of the NZPPA 2004 Series. Wellington Easter Event dropped from NZPPA Series 19 Jan 2004 The NZPPA Committee decided to drop the Wellington Easter Event from the NZPPA series for 2004. The format had changed significantly from the original proposal that won it the NZPPA sanction in the tail end of last year, and subsequently the Easter event in Wellington is no longer NZPPA Sanctioned. Paintball damage has rugby boss fuming 12 Jan 2004 So read the headline in the Waikato Times on 12 Jan 2004 after the Hamilton VComp tournament. Chiefs CEO Gary Dawson said he was shocked to see the field after the event. The barricades used left some dead patches, but ground staff had been scheduled to start renovation work on the field anyway and those patches would be returfed and reseeded as required. NZ Wins the First International Hookem Cup Event 12 Jan 2004 The NZ vs Australia First International Hookem Cup was won by New Zealand, after two games played in a best of three event. The NZ team was chosen on the day from the players available at the Hamilton VComp event, wiht the Australian Team having been selected previously. New Zealand won both games convincingly, though the Australians were able to put up a very strong defence. More information about both games can be found in the VComp article in the ARTICLES section. Hamilton 2004 VComp Tournament 12 Jan 2004 Hamilton 2004 Articles and Images now available in the ARTICLES section. Marker Review: Cyborg 12 Jan 2004 NZPB Online presents a review of a new tournament marker from Australian company MacDev. The marker review can be found in the ARTICLES section. NeoTech announces new website 04 Jan 2004 NZ Gear Manufacturer "Neotech Progear" announces a new website. The website is at: http://www.neotechprogear.com/ NeoTech GearBag has been Won 21 Dec 2003 The Neotech Gear Bag competition has closed, and the gear bag (Value approx:$250-300) has been won by CHAOS 4RCHON for the post about the Open Documentation Project. See the message board for further details. NZ Paintball Online Site Update 21 Dec 2003 NZ Paintball Online has re-vamped the primary website to be easier to navigate and to put more emphasis on the positive aspects of paintball in New Zealand. NZPB Online Merchandise. 27 Nov 2003 NZ Paintball Online now has an online store. It can be found by clicking on this link: http://www.cafeshops.com/nzpaintball Dunedin City Tournament. 17 Nov 2003 The Dunedin City Tournament has completed. Writeup and Scores are available in the Articles section of this site. Rotorua Volcanic Tournament. 27 Oct 2003 The Rotorua Volcanic Tournament has completed. Writeup and Images are available in the Articles section of this site. NZPPA Field Safety Standards. 25 Sept 2003 The NZPPA has released a Voluntary Codes of Practice document as relates to paintball field safety standards. This document was released after seeking feedback from Field Operators around the country, and is an extremely positive step forward for paintball in New Zealand. NZPPA Annual General Meeting 2003. 25 Sept 2003 Date: Saturday, October 25th, 2003 Location: Rotorua International Stadium Time: TBA - approx 30 minutes after the last game of the day. An agenda will be released by the end of September, and any members wishing to have additional business added are asked to send it through to info@paintball.org.nz for inclusion. At this time a new committee of the association will be voted in, and all members are asked to submit nominations for positions on the committee to info@paintball.org.nz in line with the rules of the association. NZPPA Announce 2004 Season. 21 Sept 2003 The association committee has recently completed a tender process for the 2004 tournament series.After some significant review they are pleased to announce the following events that will comprise the tourament series next calendar year. Event 1 Location: Hamilton Date: January, 2004 Promoter: BOP Paintball - Brendon Charles Event 2 Location: Wellington Date: Easter weekend, 2004 Promoter: TAG Paintball Games - Robert Blitz Event 3 Location: Auckland Date: Queens Birthday, 2004 Promoter: Extreme Events - Wayne Rolleston Event 4 Location: Rotorua Date: October, 2004 Promoter: BOP Paintball - Brendon Charles Additional details on the individual events will be coming from the relevant promoters at a later date. 
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